Chapter 490

Shi Xuan followed them all the way to the crack and did not continue to follow them. He found a depression nearby, turned into a breeze, and entered it, waiting patiently.

The reason why he decided to follow them just now was that sometimes the Earth Fiend Yin Wind and Yin Fire that were too strong could block the divine sense. But now, under Shi Xuan's divine sense, the hidden crack could be seen clearly, there were many twists and turns, darkness, insects and ghosts.

The five infant ghosts were in the midst of the insects and ghosts, as if they had returned to their lair. They revealed themselves and swaggered forward, while the insects and ghosts were in awe and trepidation, as if they had seen their natural nemesis or the emperor of their race. They retreated to the sides like a tide.

The infant ghosts went all the way down, and stopped at the end of the crack, and then the stone wall of the crack, with a creak, slowly opened, revealing a cave.

Shi Xuan did not expect that there would be a secret nest here, it seemed that there was a formation that could block divine sense, and the power was not small, it could restrain the divine sense of Yin Spirit stage.

While the stone wall was not closed, Shi Xuan's divine sense swept out, and found that there were five cultivators in black robes, they were all skinny, and looked like skeletons, if a child saw them, he was afraid that he would have a long nightmare.

When they opened their mouths, the upper and lower jaws suddenly separated, beyond the limit of a normal cultivator, revealing a bloody basin of mouth, white teeth, as if three quarters of their heads were that big mouth.

The five green infant ghosts drilled into their mouths, and then entered their bodies, and then they closed their mouths, a green light flashed across their faces.

These guys who looked like cultivators, but not cultivators, actually had strength close to the Gold Core stage.

Seeing that the stone wall was about to close, at this time, Shi Xuan did not dare to transform his divine sense into Sword Qi like he did in the void formation, and then split a trace of it to enter. After all, divine sense was not as convenient as splitting thoughts of powerful people, and once there was a barrier between it and Yin Spirit, it would dissipate on its own. Under the formation that blocked divine sense, it could only be preserved by transforming divine sense into Qi, but after transforming into Qi, it did not work at all.

Two wings, one purple and one green, appeared behind Shi Xuan's back, and with a gentle flap, he silently appeared in the corner of the cave, and immediately concealed his Qi.

This cave was ghastly and terrifying. From time to time, indistinct spirits would appear in midair and emit sorrowful cries.

The cave was not big, and could be seen at a glance. There was nothing special, but at the end of the cave, there was a stone staircase leading downwards, and the five black-robed skeleton-like cultivators were walking towards the stone staircase.

The stone staircase kept winding down, and Shi Xuan, with his hands behind his back, seemed to be leisurely walking in the air, and he followed the five black-robed skeleton-like cultivators. On both sides of the stone staircase, there were rocks that exuded strong Yin Qi and Qi.

After walking for a while, a light appeared in front, it looked like a big, it.

Shi Xuan slightly raised his eyebrows, because of the bloody scene before him.

The cave was very big, very big, and in the center of the cave, there was even a large underground lake. The lake water was bright red, almost black, and it emitted a black mist, causing the entire lake to be shrouded in a layer of black mist. It appeared hazy, terrifying, and strange.

Around the lake, there were thousands of corpses, each of which looked as if their blood and water had been sucked dry. They were incomparably thin, as if they were specially made thousand-year-old corpses. Moreover, these corpses seemed to belong to at least Qi Drawing Stage cultivators. Overlooking Abyss City definitely could not provide so many corpses of Qi Drawing Stage cultivators. It must have taken a long time and many places to collect them.

Of these 1296 corpses, some were lying down, some were lying down, some were standing up, and some were slanting … they were in all sorts of positions. Together with the lake water and the object in the center, they formed a strange array formation. One of its functions was to shield one's divine sense.

As for the other uses of this array formation, Shi Xuan didn't dare to try them. This world specialized in studying battle formations where low level cultivators could join forces and defeat high level cultivators. Who knew whether or not this array formation was one of them?

It had to be known that 360 Qi Drawing Stage cultivators and 24 Divine Soul Stage cultivators were able to kill a Golden Core ghost. There were 1296 Qi Drawing Stage corpses here, as well as the five black-robed cultivators whose strength neared Golden Core, as well as the lake water and the object in the center. It was impossible for them to defeat Shi Xuan, but if they were to engage in a fight and the situation escalated, even Shi Xuan wouldn't be able to see the light of day!

There was a small island in the center of the lake. This island wasn't too large, only around 100 feet in radius. There was a strange array formation drawn on it, with a total of 36 black iron coffins. Moreover, the talismans below the coffins extended all the way to the center of the array formation. There was a black object that looked like a cobblestone there. Although it was called a stone, in Shi Xuan's eyes, he could see a glimmer of life flowing around it.

The five black-robed cultivators slowly walked into the shallow lake and then sat down cross-legged in meditation. The lake water turned into a lotus flower that supported their bodies. With every breath they took, a green brilliance would fly out from the surrounding Qi Drawing Stage corpses and fuse into the lake water. As for the lotus flower formed from the lake water, black light would occasionally flow into their bodies.

Shi Xuan quietly watched from the side. For a cultivator that often went into seclusion, he didn't lack this bit of patience. As Shi Xuan watched, he rubbed his chin. He was thinking about whether he should leave like this or wait for a chance to capture some captives.

If he left, the stone wall wouldn't be able to stop him. But, it would alarm the people here and alert them. If he wanted to capture captives, then it would be best to wait for these black-robed cultivators to leave the cave and leave the range of the array formation.

Before Shi Xuan could make a decision, there was a change in the cave. One of the corpses showed signs of disintegration. He didn't know if it was because it had been sucked dry for too long or something else.

The five black-robed cultivators immediately noticed the abnormality through the array formation. One of them stood up and took out another corpse from his bag of holding. This corpse was well preserved, as if it had just died. However, from what Shi Xuan could see, it should have been dead for at least a few years.

Seeing that there might be an opportunity, Shi Xuan gathered his Divine Sense and was ready to go.

The black-robed cultivator walked to the side of the corpse. At the same time, he took out a jade medallion and paused the array formation. Just as he brushed away the dried corpse with his sleeve and was about to put the dried corpse in his hand down, a strange change suddenly occurred.

Their vision darkened and a vast, divine, golden bridge extended out from the void. The golden bridge was surrounded by golden lotuses. As soon as the five black-robed cultivators saw the golden bridge, they couldn't move their eyes. It was as if their entire bodies had stopped moving.

Then, countless black and white vortexes appeared in the void. With just a slight rotation, the five black-robed cultivators immediately fainted.

All of this happened so quickly. It was as if in the blink of an eye, everything was calm. In the blink of an eye, the five black-robed cultivators were lying on the ground or in the lake, like those corpses.

Aside from using his magic treasures, Shi Xuan didn't dare to underestimate these black-robed cultivators just because they were close to Golden Core stage. Seeing that his attack was successful, with a thought, five rings of light formed by the Immortal Locking Rings of the Great Pure Five Lightnings appeared. They flickered with purple, green, white, silver, and gold colors and were about to land on the five black-robed cultivators.

However, the bodies of the five black-robed cultivators emitted a green light. Then, the green infant ghosts suddenly drilled out of their stomachs. They were dripping with blood and swallowed the five black-robed cultivators.

Originally, the strength of these five infant ghosts was not high. They weren't even at the Divine Soul stage. However, after they swallowed the five black-robed cultivators and connected with a certain existence in the distance, their strength soared and directly soared to the level of the Yin Spirit stage.

In the blink of an eye, after the five infant ghosts swallowed the black-robed cultivators, the Immortal Locking Rings of the Great Pure Five Lightnings wrapped around them. However, it was as if it had wrapped around nothingness and directly missed.

Shi Xuan originally thought that these infant ghosts were raised by the five black-robed cultivators. After all, their strength was so low. But now, he realized that this should be a powerful Daoist technique of the Ghost Dao — Mother-Child Heavenly Ghost.

The Mother-Child Ghost was controlled by the cultivator of the Daoist technique, while the Mother-Child Ghost could be given to their subordinates. Moreover, their strength varied. Once their subordinates betrayed them, the Mother-Child Ghost could devour their flesh and soul to increase its own strength.

Moreover, if there was a need, the Mother-Child Ghost could control the Mother-Child Ghost. Remotely, the Divine Consciousness could descend. In addition, by devouring flesh and blood, the Mother-Child Ghost could temporarily increase its strength to slightly inferior to the Mother-Child Ghost.

Of course, this was not the key. The key was that these Mother-Child Ghosts could wander between nothingness and reality, making it impossible for people to attack or defend against them. This was different from Shi Xuan's sword light separation. The sword light of nothingness could not pass through the defense of others.

Although it could be dealt with by locking the surrounding space, as the strength of the Mother-Child Ghost increased, its ability to pass through space would also increase. In short, it was quite difficult to deal with.

After Shi Xuan's Immortal Locking Rings of the Great Pure Five Lightnings missed, the five Mother-Child Ghosts disappeared into nothingness. Shi Xuan did not panic. The Tai Chi diagram transformed into the Nirvana Golden Bridge. Rays of golden light hung down. Not only could it defend, but it could also fix the surrounding space.

As expected, a collision came from the golden light. The golden light did not even cause a ripple. The five infant ghosts fell out of nothingness. The current power of the Tai Chi diagram was close to that of a ninth-rank Taoist technique. How could these Mother-Child Ghosts, who had just reached the level of Yin Spirit, pass through it?

For the Mother-Child Ghosts, ordinary offensive Taoist techniques, even if their main function was to lock the space, would not be able to attack them. In addition, their conveyance light was extremely fast. Therefore, it was not feasible to use one Taoist technique to lock the space and then use another Taoist technique to attack. This was because if one's control of the Divine Consciousness was not strong enough, the Mother-Child Ghosts would seize the opportunity to escape.

But this was not a problem for Shi Xuan. All along, he had been practicing according to the Treasure Record. Shi Xuan's control of the Divine Consciousness was second to none among the Yin Spirit stage cultivators. But for the Mother-Child Ghosts, Shi Xuan had a better way.

A huge black and white Dharma Wheel appeared behind Shi Xuan. The five Mother-Child Ghosts suddenly panicked. Their ghostly cries resounded through the cave. It was like frogs meeting snakes, or ice and snow meeting the sun. It seemed that the black and white Dharma Wheel was their nemesis that they could not get rid of.